The form asks "Total experience: years and months". Add your jobs once and get the exact numbers to type, the decimal version, your relevant experience, and every gap a recruiter will ask about.
Months are twelfths of a year, not tenths. 4 years 6 months is 4.5 years, not 4.6.
| Months | Decimal | Months | Decimal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 0.1 | 7 months | 0.6 |
| 2 months | 0.2 | 8 months | 0.7 |
| 3 months | 0.3 | 9 months | 0.8 |
| 4 months | 0.3 | 10 months | 0.8 |
| 5 months | 0.4 | 11 months | 0.9 |
| 6 months | 0.5 | 12 months | 1 full year |
Rounded to one decimal place: 1 month is 0.083 of a year, so 3 and 4 months both round to 0.3. If a form takes one decimal number, use this table; if it has a years box and a months box, type the two numbers instead.
Most resumes and many job forms give months, not days: "Jan 2018 – Mar 2024". Count both the first month and the last month. The sum is (end year − start year) × 12 + (end month − start month) + 1 months.
For January 2018 to March 2024 that is 6 × 12 + 2 + 1 = 75 months, which is 6 years 3 months, or 6.3 in decimal. That is what this calculator gives in Month and year mode. Some calculators give 6 years 2 months for the same dates because they stop at the first day of the end month. If the form is strict, use exact day dates instead, or ask HR which rule they use.
When a job is still going, the month mode counts it to today, so a few extra days can show. For "Mar 2021 – Present" plus an earlier job from Jul 2019 to Feb 2021, the total on 3 October 2026 was 7 years 3 months and 3 days.
Some job notices and campus or government forms ask for experience "as on" a closing date or a cut-off date. They want the experience you have on that day, not today. Set the As on date above the jobs and the calculator counts every job up to it.
With the same two jobs and an as on date of 31 March 2026, the total is 6 years 9 months (6.8). A job that starts after the as on date shows "This job starts after the as-on date, so it is not counted." A job that ends after it is cut at it, and the job says so.
Government and public-sector forms often want the answer as years, months and days in three boxes. The line "Government format: Years / Months / Days" gives those three numbers in that order. Read the notice for the cut-off date and for whether part-time or contract work counts.
A and B join into 1 Jul 2019 to 30 Jun 2022: 3 years. The gap from 1 Jul to 31 Oct 2022 is 4 months. Job C is 3 years 10 months. Total: 6 years 10 months, 6.8 in decimal. Adding A, B and C one by one gives 7 years, because it counts the 2-month overlap twice.
Without the internship: 1 year 2 months (1.2). With it switched on: 1 year 8 months (1.7), and the 1-month gap in July 2025 is listed. Give the number the form asks for, and say which one it is if an interviewer asks.
List every job with its start date and end date. Count each job from its first day to its last day, both included. Where two jobs overlap, count the shared days once. Add the jobs up and turn the days into years and months. The calculator on this page does all of it and shows its working.
4.5 years. Six months is half a year, so it is 4 + 6 / 12 = 4.5. Writing 4.6 for 4 years 6 months is a slip; 4.6 years is about 4 years 7 months. When a form has two boxes, years and months, type 4 and 6.
It depends on the form. Some forms count internships, some count only work after you graduated. Read what the form asks. The calculator keeps internships out by default and adds them with one switch, so you can give either number.
Count the shared time once. If you worked at two places from January to June, that is six months of experience, not twelve. The calculator merges overlapping jobs and tells you which ones overlapped and by how much.
Total experience is all your work. Relevant experience is only the work that matches the job you are applying for. Tick the jobs that count as relevant and the calculator gives both numbers.
When a form asks for full-time equivalent experience, part-time work counts by hours: 20 hours a week for a year is half a year. Otherwise list it in full and write part-time next to it. Mark a job as part-time with its hours a week and switch on "Count part-time jobs by hours" to get the first number.
Set the As on date above your jobs to the cut-off date the form gives. Jobs you still do are counted up to that day, jobs that end later are cut at it, and jobs that start after it are left out. The total then reads "as on" that date, and so do the copy, text and CSV downloads.
It is your experience written as three numbers: years, then months, then the days left over, for example 6 / 10 / 0. Many public-sector and campus forms ask for it in three boxes. The calculator shows it on the line "Government format: Years / Months / Days"; type the three numbers in that order.
Yes. Switch Dates to Month and year and type "Mar 2021", "03/2021" or pick the month. The start month counts from its first day and the end month to its last day, so January 2018 to March 2024 is 6 years 3 months. Use exact day dates if the form wants days.
Yes. Press Fill from my resume and pick a PDF or Word file, or paste the text. It fills in each job it finds with a title, company and dates, in Month and year mode. Check every date: a date with only a year reads as January or December. The resume's text is saved to ClapAssist so our tools can fill it in for you next time; see or delete it at clapassist.com/my-data/.
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